Conveyer device for laundry assorting and marking booths



July 3, k1923. -GSU Y c. w. cANlNE v coNvEYl-:R` DEVICE FOR LAUNDRY AssoRTING AND MARKING BooTHs Filed Feb. 14-. 1921 v4 sheets-sheet 1 L I al QW WGWtOHKey,

July 3, 1923. i y 1,460,660

c. w. cANlNE I CONVEYER DEVICE FOR LAUNDRY ASSORTING AND MARKING BOOTHS Filed Feb. 14. 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 at! or/veys July 3, 1923.

` A 1,460,660 c. w. cANlNE Y l CONVEYER DEVICE .FOR LADRY ASSORTING AND MARKING BOOTHS I Filed Feb. 14. 1921A sheets-Sheet 5 Inventor @Km M July 3,1923. V 1,460,660

' C. W. CANINE CONVEYER DEVICE FOR LAUNDRY ASSORTING AND MARKING BOOTHS Filed Feb. 14 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented July 3, 1,923.

Unirse srai es CHESTER 'W. canins.,

or CINCINNATI, OHIO.v

CONVEYERKDE'VICE Fon LAUNDRY -Assonriive ANDMARKING BooTHs.

Appiication ined February i4, i921.. seriaiira 444,856. V

j T all whom t may concern.' l

a citizen of the United States, and resident ofv Cincinnati, in the `county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new -and useful AConveyerDevice lfor Laundry Assorting and Markingr Booths,Vv of which'the following is a specification.

In modern'laundries there is now usually employed a series of marking and asserting boths, in each of which there is an operator who receives a bundle of-'laun'dry and'iw'ho assortsit and marks each article, whereupon all of the varticles thusY assorted and marked in the various booths are sent to the wash room. 4 l

For purposes of economical operation of the laundry, it is essential that the bundles be supplied constantly and promptly tothe 2o operators in the booths, andjalso that'the assorted and marked laundry articles be promptly delivered fromv the booths to the wash room. f f 1 The objects of my invention'are to provide a conveyer device of simple, durable and expensive construction, `designed to" beattached to and form part of the laundry booths, and so arrangedthat the operators in all of the booths may place their assorted and marked laundry articles upon the con-` veyer without going out of their booths,"and such articles will then be promptly delivered y to the. wash room. A further object is to provide improved means' in a yconveyer of this character, where` by the delivery end of the conveyer may be readily, quickly and easily raised or lowered to deliver the articles into trucks or receptaclesof various heights, and also to. provide a conveyer device of thischaracter in which articles of. various kinds, both light and heavy in weight, may be carried without danger of having them blown off the conveyer, or caught or entangled in anyof the parts of the'conveyer. j l `Still* a further object is to provide a device of this character inwhich the same supporting structure for the yfirst mentioned conveyer may also be conveniently and easily employed for a second conveyer for delivering bundles tothe operatorsin' the booths.

Still a further object is to provide an iinproved bundle carrie-r conveyer and, means whereby7` the conveyer will' be automatically i 'j stopped when it has delivered a bundlead- Be it known thatl, Crms'rniixlV. Cnivinii,l

j acent" to any one ofthe booths, to thereby prevent bundles becoming lost-'and being carried beyond the end of'thei-o'w; of booths or l past the last booth in which there isan operatorv at work. Y

My invention consistsinthe'construction,

arrangement and 'combination with a series of' boothfframes, of aconveyer supporting 1 frame, and the' 'construction' ofv the main laundry conveyerand its adjustablefdelivery device,-andA also inthe construction, arrangenient and combination with such conveyer i frame of a bundle conveyer device, andalso in the construction of the means for auto'- matically stopping the bundle conveying device,` whereby the objects contemplated kare attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth,

`pointed out vin my claims, andillustrated in vthe accompanying drawings, ,in which:

Figure-l shows a top or plan view of'two, adjacentv laundry bo0tlis,' ,illustrating the, i

manner in which my improved conveyerr de-A' vice is connected therewith.

Figure Qshows aside elevation ,ofthel de-Y livery end Vof the conveyer device',` illustratingthe adjustable delivery member.

-Figure A5 shows an enlarged fdetail View',`

illustrating the means for' adjusting the ten-A sion on the laundry delivery belt.

" Figure 4 shows a detail view illustrating the means for driving-"the conveyer ,operating vshaft fromy a motor.

vFigure' shows a longitudinal sectional i view of the main vconveyer device." lThe dotted lines show Vfthe,delivery: c nvey er member in adjusted or lowered position. l

Figure 6 shows a. top or iplan View of the delivery conveyer member.

Figure 7 showsl a detail view illustratingl the adjustable support for the delivery con veyer member. i l f FigureS showsl through thev main conveyer frame.,

Figure 9 shows a side elevation of the main conveyer frame, with the auxiliary bundle conveyer device connected therewith.` l

Figure l() shows a detail sectional View', il-

lustrating the means for automatically stopf pingthe auxiliary bundle .conveyer| device.,V

Figure 11 shows a top or plan view ofthe auxiliary bundle conveyer device, illustrat ing particularly the means for automatically stopping it; and

a transverse rsectional viewl Y Fivure 12 shows an end elevation ot the q c l a w main conveyer and the auxiliary bundle conveyer, and illustrating the means for driving the auxiliary conveyor and for automatically` stopping it.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l have used the reference numeral l0 to indicate the structural trames ot' the asserting and marking booths. Within each booth is a table 11, upon which the operator places the goods to vbe assorted and marked. The frame or" each booth is preferably made ot pipes, and l have'provided a pipe structure for a conveyer, which also Vforms a part o'l the end oic the series of booths, which pipe structure comprises a series oit upright supporting pipes 12 arranged line with the upright supporting` pipes of the boch s, and two spaced-apart longitudinal pipes 13 conA nected to the upright pi aes by the fittings Extending upwardly from the pipes 1?, above the pipes 12, are the pipes 15, which are connected at their tops by the pipes 16. thus forming a rectangular space in which the clothes to be delivered to the wash room are placed by the operators in the booths.

it the receiving end of the conveyor trame are the short pipes 17 connected to the uprights 12 and the pipes 13 and supported by the upright 18, and between the uprights 13 and 12, at the end, is fixed a frame 19 in which is slidingly supported a roller 20. This roller is made adjustable in the sliding frame by the set screw 21. A similar roller` 22 is mounted at the opposite end ot the conveyer frame, and the endless flexible convcyer 23 is passed around these rollers, and this flexible conveyer is supported at intemediate points by the rollers mounted between the uprights l2, as shown in Figure 5.

Mounted above the cross pipes 16 a flat sheet metal top 25, and the outer side oic the. conveyer receptacle is preferably covered by slats 26, and the inner side is provided with a solid wall 2T having an opening 23 therein at each booth, through which the operator may readily and easily place the laundry articles on the conveyer after they have been marked and assorted. rhese openings 2S are also preferably arranged close to and on about the same level as the work table 11, so that the marit-ed and assorted laundry articles may simply be slid od thc work table through the opening 9.8, and will then be received upon the traveling endless conveyer 23.

The means for operating the endless conveyer comprises a motor Q9, provided with a worm 30 on its shaft, in mesh with a gear 31, which gear is mounted on a shaft 32, and this shaft is provided with a small pulley 33, and this pulley is connected by a belt 34 with a large pulley 35 on the shaft or1 the roller 22. Adjacent to the pulley is a second pulley 36, to which the belt 37 is applied for the purpose of driving the adjustable delivery conveyer hereinafter described. Y

ln practical use With this part of the apparatus, it will readily be seen that a very firm and durable and economical construction is provided, because the supporting structure `for the conveyer is connected with and forms part of the supporting` structures :tor the various booths, and furthermore the arrangement relative to the booths is such that as 'fast as the articlesare assorted and marked on the work tables within the booths, they may simply be slidy over the work table through the openings 28 in the side of the conveyer trame, and will then be received upon the conveyer and carried to the delivery end thereof, and the structure is such that these laundry articles, no matter how light or heavy, or how large or small, will be carried to the delivery end, and cannot be blown of? or caught or entangled during their progress to the delivery end.

My improved adjustable delivery member tor the conveyer comprises a frame having two parallel side pipes 38, to which are attached the upwardly extending side boards 39. At the receiving end of this vframe is a cross shaft 40, mounted in suitable bearings on an upright supporting leg 41 oi the main conveyer iframe. On the outer end of this shaft 49 is a pulley 42, to which the belt 37 is connected for driving it. At the upper end ci the frame members 38 is a roller. 43, and a con veyer belt 44 is passed around these two rollers.

Slidingly mounted upon the :trame niembers 33 are the 'T-shaped pipe fittings 45, and these are connected to uprights 46 which are in turn connected to the cro-ss pi 3e 4T which is rotatably mounted in the T-shaped pipe fitting 48, and this latter is provided with a base or upright member 49.

By this arrangement it is obvious that the elevation of the delivery conveyer device may bc readily and easily adjusted by simply sliding the supporting member 49 either toward the main conveyer or away from it, as illustrated by dotted lines at the lett iin-Alligure 5, and in position oit its adjustment the supporting` device will form a firm and rigid support. y Y

In order to prevent clothes from becoming caughtA or entangled in the sides of the frames between the place where the clothes are delivered from the main conveyer to lll() the adjustable delivery 'conveyen I havel provided on each side of the main conveyer a segmental plate 50 secured to the main frame at 51 and extending outwardly and downwardly close to the inner surfaces of the side boards 39, and between said side boards and the conveyer belt 44, as shown in Figure 5.

By this construction it will be seen that the delivery conveyer member has its conf veyer belt .continuously driven during the time that the main conveyer is running, and that the clothes cannot become caught or entangled therein, and that thedelivery conveyer may be adjusted to any desired elevation and there iirmly held without any support at its outer end, so that the contents thereof maybe discharged into Vtrucks or baskets of'ditferent heights or sizes.

In some instances` Lit is desirable .to also provide for the delivery of bundles from the-bundle receiving compartment to the operators of the various booths, and I have provided a conveyer of this kind which may v be very easily and vquickly applied to my improved device, and may be "made to utilize the same frame as the main conveyer, so

that an extremely economical construction is providedy for this auxiliary bundle con` veyer. Y

, When itr is-desired, to employ the auxili'ary conveyer, I 'provide tworollers 52 mounted in'suitable vbrackets 53 at tlie'ends ofA the main trame@ AIn ythe accompanying drawings only one of these rollers and brackets is sho-wn, and the bundle conveyerv is passed around these two rollers, onepart of it going above kthe top` member 25 and the other below, so that the conveyer travels upon the top member 25. The return memvber is below the top, and may be supported upon rollers 54 mounted between the uprights 15. This conveyer is preferably provided at intervals with slats 55 extended transversely and ,of considerable height, `:tor engaging the bundles and forcing .them Vagainst the sto-p devices :hereinafter provided. A i

For driving the auxiliary bundle con- 'veyer I preferably provide the'v roller. 52 with adetach'able 4clutch member 56, and on the outer end of this clutch member is al @large pulley 57 connected byva-belt 58 with avsmall pulley 59 mounted on the shaftpof the roller 22, so that this bundle Vconveyer is thereby drivenj at a much slower speed than the main laundry conveyer.` The vreceiving' end of this auxiliary bundle con-- wardly and allr pivotally connected to .ai

bar 61. 'Ihis bar is provided ononej end with. a downwardly extending arm,.-6Q,

which arm enters agroove 63 inV the movable part of thev clutch member 56,50l that an outward movement of this arm 62 will disconnect the clutch member 56 and stop the operation ofthe auxiliary bundle conveyer., f 1* 1 For the purpose of converting faflongitudinalmovement of the. bar 61 to an v outfward movement of the arm 62, I have .pro- *vided in the ybearing 53 an inclined notch-f "64, into which the end of the -arin 62is re-V ceived, and whichv will cause the arm to be `uided outwardly when the bar is jmoved ongi'tudinally.v A, ,y l l F or the purpose `of automatically throwing the auxiliary bundle convey/*er out "of` operation, I have provided onxtlie bar 61a` series of stop blades 65,;pivotally supported` I so that they may be turned upwardlyvwhere they .will not interfere-with the-bundles, orA A bundles on the bundlev conveyer ably lprovide one of these stop blades; ad-

jacent toeach booth, and one vadjacent-to the 'Y The one acqacent to n the v"de-v delivery end. y livery end is always iniits lowered .positioim but the others the operators' in the booths, Y I

In practical use with this part of the device, the bundles are placedgupon the bundle may be raised or lowered by vdownwardly where theywill be engaged; by

Ijpre'fei# conveyer and then arefslowly moved past i each ofthebooths,and. the operators inthe booths reach-out and get newgbundleswheneverl they have linished with .the ones they previouslyxhavelz-c` In the event thatliabundle should be carried past the 'last booth, it will thenengage thestop yblade 65, 'and :the

bundle :will be pressed lbyv the cross piece 55 against the blade65, kand will thereby cause :the bar 6lkto move longitudinally and thus throw 'the auxiliary clonveyer ,out oiegea-r,

and it will vremainl out` oiigeanjuntil this' bundle has been removed by theoperator ini the last boothL-The auxiliary` conveyer can then bel startedy 'byvsimply moving the bar '615 rearwardly. u

lool` lIn the: event, however, that. no one oc-f.

cupies the last booth, or the operator in' any one of the booths desires to stop all bundles in front of .that particular booth, then anyf one lof the various stop bladesl 65`may be lowered-to the position shown in Figure 12, whereupon they auxiliary conveyer ywillrstop when av bundle strikes said Astop blade. i

.I claim as my'. invention: f t v l., The combination "with a series of laundry marking and assorting lbooths have;

ing frames, of a conveyer frame attached` to vand ormingpart of the adjacent booth constructions, anendless. conveyer mounted v frame above the conveyer, 'and a: side wall supported on the vtrame above tlieffconveyer',

. thelsideV wall.. adjacentg tov-the ,boothsl being provided with a series of openings, one for each booth, through which material may be passed from the booths upon the conveyer', for the purposes stated.

2. rl`he combination with a series ot' laundry marking and assorting booths having frames made of pipe and pipeiitting construction, of a conveyer frame formed of pipe and pipe iitting construction and attached to and forming part oithe adjacent booth constructions, an endless conveyer mounted therein, a top member supported on the pipe frame above the conveyer, and a side wall supported on the pipe 'frame above the conveyer, the side wall adjacent to the booths beingprovided with a series of openingc one for each booth, through which material may be passed from the booths upon the conveyer, for the purposes stated.

3. The combination with a series of laundry marking and assorting booths having frames made of pipe and pipe fitting construction, of a conveyer frame formed of pipe and pipe fitting construction and attached to and forming part of the adjacent booth constructions, an endless conveyer mounted therein, a top member supported on the pipe frame above the conveyer, a side wall supported on the pipe trame above the conveyer, the side wall adjacent to the booths being provided with a series of openings, one for each booth, through which material may be passed from the booths upon the conveyer, a motor, and a ldriving mechanism connected with the motor, supported upon the pipe construction below the conveyer' and capable of operating the conveyer, for the purposes stated.

4. The combination with a series of laundry marking and asserting booths having frames made of pipe and pipe iitting construction, of a conveyer frame formed of pipe and pipe iitting construction and attached to and forming part of the adjacent booth constructions, an endless conveyer mounted therein, a top member supported on the pipe frame above the conveyer, a side wall supported on the pipe frame above the conveyer, the side wall adjacent to the booths being provided with a series of openings, one 'for each booth, through which material may be passed from the booths upon the conveyer, two additional pipe uprights at the receiving end of the conveyer frame and spaced from the main frame, brackets attached thereto, the adjacent conveyer roller being slidingly mounted in said brackets, and an adjusting screw supported by the main frame to engage said adjustable roller supports.

5. The combination with a conveyer of the class described, of an adjustable delivery conveyer frame comprising two side members, rollers at the ends of the side members, side boards supported on the side members above the conveyer, l'-shaped pipe iittinos slidingly mounted upon said sliding members, a pipe connecting said T-shaped pipe fittings, an upright rotatably connected with the pipe connecting the T-shaped pipe fittings, and means for pivotally supporting the receiving end of said delivery frame, whereby a movement of the supporting leg toward or from the pivotal end will raise or lower the delivery end and firmly and securely support it in various positions or" adjustment.

6. The combination with a conveyer of the class described, ot an adjustable delivery conveyer frame comprising two side members, 'rollers at the ends of the side members, side boards supported on the side members above the conveyer, y'TV-shaped pipe ttings slidingly mounted upon said sliding mem'- bers, a pipe connecting said T-shaped pipe fittings, an upright rotatably connected with the pipe connecting the T-shaped pipe littings, means for pivotally supporting the receiving end of said delivery frame, whereby a. movement of the supporting leg toward or from the pivotal end will raise or lower the delivery end and iirmly and Vsecurely-support it in various positions of adjustment, a segmental shield and blades fixed vto a stationary support at one end vand extended between the said side boards' and the side edges of the conveyer, for the purposes stated.

7. ln a device ofthe class described, the combination of a main conveyer frame having a top member, a main conveyer mounted in the frame, an auxiliary bundle conveyer running in one direction above said top, and in the other direction below vthe topi, the frame of the main conveyer being designed to support t-he auxiliary conveyer, means for driving the main conveyer, means connected therewith and operated' thereby ior driving the auxiliary conveyer, and means for throwing the auxiliary conveyer into and out of operation without stopping the main conveyer. f u

8. ln a device of the class described, the combination of an endless conveyer having raised cross slats thereon, means for driving it, means for operatively connecting or disconnecting the driving mechanism, a stop blade supported above the conveyer and capable of movement to or from position where it will be engaged by a bundle on the conveyer, and means whereby the bundle on the conveyer engagin'gfsaid stop blades will throw the conveyerout fofoperation.

9. In a device of the class described,'the combination of an endless conveyer having raised cross slats thereon, means for driving it, means for operatively connecting or disconnecting the driving mechanism, a stop blade supported above the conveyer and' `capable of movement to or .from position Where it will be engaged by a bundle on the conveyer, and means whereby the bundle on the conveyer vengagingsaid stop blades will throw the conveyer out of operation, saidy sition7 and When moved back Will ag-ain' ,throw the clutch to an operative position.

. 10. In a device of the class described, the combination of an endless conveyei` having raised crossslats thereon; means for driving it, meansfor operatively connecting ordisconnecting the .driving mechanismnjawstop blade supported above the conveyer and caconveyer engaging said ystop blades *will throw the lconveyer out. ofl operation, and a vseriesy of stop blades capable of movement 20 pable of movement to or from position n Where it Will be engaged `by a bundle o n lthe conveyer, mea-ns whereby thebundle on the.

from operative positions adjacent tothe conveyer,v t0 inoperative positions above thel conveyer, and all 'connected to:` the said means for throwing` theconveyer into 'and out of operation. i Des Moines, Iowa, May 20, '1920.

" i CHESTER W. oANnvn` 

